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Rebused vs Reused - What's the difference?

rebused | reused |

As verbs the difference between rebused and reused

is that rebused is (rebus) while reused is (reuse).

rebused

English

Verb

(head)
  • (rebus)

    • rebus

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia rebus) (es)
  • A kind of word puzzle which uses pictures to represent words or parts of words.
  • (heraldry) A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs.

    • Verb

  • To mark or indicate by a rebus.
  • * Fuller
    • He [John Morton] had a fair library rebused with More in text and Tun under it.

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    reused

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (reuse)

    • reuse

    English

    Alternative forms

    * re-use

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of salvaging or in some manner returning a discarded item into something usable.
  • (computing) code re-use'' indicates splitting program code into modules or classes so it can be re-used by other programs. ''data re-use refers to legal rights to re-use for publication, data that one has downloaded or licensed from a third party.

    • Verb

    (reus)
  • To use something that is considered past its usefulness, again (usually for something else).
    • The students reused empty plastic bottles in their science experiment.

    Derived terms

    * reuser

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